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animist wrote:is no 7 "follower"? A river is a flower, and old pound could be just O(ld ) L(ibra); and a digger is sort of following whatever is sought

I did wonder if 6 was "lodger" even before the "e" appeared; obviously an anagram of dogrel (I had not seen this spelling before but it's OK - of course!), and I suppose a lodger is sort of exotic!

Another two bite the dust ! Well done, again. :-)

7. Digger finds old pound in river (8) : FOLLOWER- From O and L just as you say, inside FLOW--ER, a thing which flows.- I had just taken it from "Dig that music" etc. i.e. one who appreciates it = a follower.

6. Digger finds exotic example of dogrel (6) : LODGER - which is an anagram (exotic example) of D-O-G-R-E-L - My Collins English Dictionary, reproduced in http://www.thefreedictionary.com has Item 10. -- to dig : to have lodgings, "I dig in South London".- so, if "I dig", then I must be a "digger".

It may be too bright so get down: urge one to get down into the shade (4,3,4)

The answer is : DUCK EGG BLUE - and is made up as follows -

- It may be too bright (or not) so it's something like Sunshine, a light, a colour etc.- so . . . get down = Duck !- urge one = Egg (someone on)- all of which is to get (a word for) "down" = blue (feeling down = feeling blue)- and the whole thing turns into "the shade". Which shade ? Well . . . duck egg blue.

That last clue : Taxi takes Scots bit of fluff to see American railroad crew's mobile home (7) = CABOOSE

Taxi = CAB - plus a Scots word for fluff : OOSE. And a caboose is a brake van on American railroadsand because of the huge distances involved, it was fitted out for living and sleeping in. Many cabooseswere actually assigned to particular crew members, and were treated as their own mobile home.The truth is now coming out - I'm a bit of a railway enthusiast !

Anyway, I think I'll take a break from the Cryptic Clues for a wee while - might even think about makingthe odd contribution to some of the meaningful threads. Do carry on the good work.